Ohhh, very close, Osi.
I think we all know, down deep, that Victor is a struggling high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer (that's the twist!) and turns to a life of crime cooking up Z-meth. He inadvertently sold a big unstable batch to a dealer in Inglewood and was worried that things have gone badly there.
He's spent most of his time in LA since then looking for his old car which has a nice cache of weapons in the trunk....